Buddhist temples

of Jesus and the face of Judea. Judaic temples, history, rituals, and religious groups all contributed to the historical setting of the New Testament. The Jerusalem Temple has long been a historic site of conflict and religious upheaval. According to Andre Parrot in his book The Temple of Jerusalem, this structure has seen numerous wars, its own reconstructions, and the rise and the fall of the Roman Empire’s control over Judea. Although the Temple has always been a site of great…

the world. It’s situated in the heart of the old city, on the site of Solomon’s Temple and the second Temple. In early Islamic Jerusalem, the a number of members in the declined Jewish population of the city were once permitted to pray on Temple Mount (Peters 194). After the construction of the Dome of the Rock, however, the atmosphere of the area changed (Peters 194). Jews who were temporarily allowed to enter the Temple Mount area as caretakers exempted from the poll tax were eventually…

The Parthenon is one of the greatest temples ever built in ancient times. It is a masterful piece on engineering done by the Athenians at the peak of their power. It took the Greeks almost 15 years from start to finish to build this temple. The temple outlasted the Greeks by nearly 2000 years and has filled the many roles required by the people who have occupied it. It’s architecture is unmatched by any other building in the world. The origin of the word Parthenon is from the Greek word παρθενών…

After the airing of the special new life was placed into Strawberry Mansion high school with viewers donating books, notebooks, and calculators. Also, scholarships were donated for seniors heading off to college. The most generous donation came from Grammy award-winning rapper Drake, who donated $75,000 to help create a recording studio in the high school since the school had no music program. Drake hope the studio would inspired students and bring out the love of music that they may have…

The rebuilding of the Jews Second Temple inspired by God through Zerubbabel, Ezra and Nehemiah during the Persian period (as a consequence of the destruction of the First Temple by the Babylonian empire), starting in 537 B.C. finishing with his destruction in A.D. 70; marked the beginning of Israel return after 70 years of exile to Jerusalem. Meanwhile, a few years before, the Israelites wandered through the wilderness for 40 years after being free from 400 years of slavery by God. He instructed…

them to set aside family and friends who were not Temple members and preached that all non-members were the enemy. (Osherow) Under these conditions, Jones began his rise to power and control. Jones promised his followers a chance for a better life. Most of the Temple members felt alienated from their families, many had addiction issues, and most felt distanced from society. These feelings represented a common thread in the interviews with former Temple members and survivors of Jonestown as…

The Effects of Mindfulness Meditation on the Working Memory in College Students Previous research studies have exhibited evidence towards the relationship between meditation and improved academic scores (Foris, 2005). With meditation becoming a widely popular topic, especially for its benefits in the reduction of stress and anxiety, it is questioned whether the use of proper mindfulness meditation has positive effects on the working memory and if so, do those effects differentiate between males…

Throughout life, I have always heard the phrase, “Be mindful,” but only understood it as something to do before you speak, so when seeing the podcast’s title “ Mindfulness, Suffering, and Engaged Buddhism”, I wanted to know how mindfulness would be described. Not to mention, I had just finished an essay on dharma in my history class where I had to compare and contrast Buddha’s interpretation of dharma versus King Ashoka’s. When I saw that Thich Nhat Hanh was a follower and teacher, I wanted to…

HOW OFTEN SHOULD I MEDITATE? Once a day, or more if you wish. Some people meditate in the morning before breakfast and have another session just before they sleep. Meditation may seem like a chore at first, but learn to enjoy it and look forward to it every day. See it as an opportunity, rather than an item on your to-do list, to spend some intimate moments with yourself. Cultivate meditation as a habit that you’d do naturally every day, like brushing of your teeth. HOW LONG DO I NEED TO…

Doing Time, Doing Vipassana is a documentary that explores the use of a meditation technique named Vipassana in one of India’s most harshest prisons as a means of rehabilitation for the prisoners. The filmmakers spent a lot of time inside the Tihar Central prison in New Delhi where they interviewed the inmates and the jail officers along with the woman who introduced the Vipassana meditation technique to the prison, a woman named Kiran Bedi, a former General of Prisons in India. The film…